Washing-machine



(No Model.)

F. R. C. PITZLER.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 593,118. Patented NOVn 2, 1897.

A TTOHNEYS W/'TNESSES UNITED STATESl PATENT @ittica FRED R. C. PITZLER, OF LESTER PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 593,118, dated November e, 1897.

Application and June 3,1897.

To @ZZ whom', it may concern.-

Be it known that I,- FRED R. C. PrrzLnn, of Lester Prairie, in the county of McLeod and State of Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved thrashing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of Washing-machines in Which the casing forming the `clothes-chamber may be placed with its axis vertical When the articles to be Washed are inserted or removed and may then be turned so as to have its axis horizontal While it is in use, and has for its object the production of a new and improved device of this character, Whose novel arrangement and construction of parts will now be described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication, in which similar characters ofnreference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is a perspective view of the machine, showing in dotted lines the filling position of the cylinder. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ot' the cylinder, showing a portion of the end partition which separates the clothes-receiving chamber from the chamber containing the gear-Wheels as broken away. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section lthrough the cylinder. Fig. et is a detail section through the shaft or central portion of the cylinder. Fig. 5 is a detail cross-section of the cylindershaft, showing the beaters attached thereto; and Figs. 6 and 7 are respectively a side and an end elevation of the cylinder carryingthe beaters so arranged that it may be revolved in either direction.

A framework A, composed of bars joined together in such manner as to form a substantial support for the machine, is provided. and has pivoted therein a cross-bar A', which at its center has a vertical bar A4, joined at its outer end to a cross-bar A2, the latter being parallel with the pivoted bar A'.

The bar A is hinged upon the pivots c,

whereby the frame composed of the bars A,A2, and A'i may be swung down to the horizontal position, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. The upper ends of the vertical posts of the main frame are notched to receive the ends saai '1a. 639,241, (No mais of the bar A2 when the same is swung to the vertical position. This limits the swing of said bar in that direction.

To the ends of'the bar A2 are pivoted posts A3, which maintain a vertical position When the bar A2 is swungy down to the position shown in dotted lines. These posts support the bar. A2 and the cylinder B.

The shaft l) is fixed to the bar A4 and does not turn. The cylinder B is mounted to rotate upon the sleeve E, Which in turn is free to rotate upon the shaft. This cylinder is divided into two sections, the smaller one B3 being'next to the bar A4. This section B3 contains the gear-wheels by Which the mechanism of the Washing-machine is operated.

The partition B2 between these tWo chambers should be made water-tight to prevent Water passing from the larger or clothes-receiving chamber to the smaller chamber B3. The larger chamber is provided upon its inner periphery with a series of longitudinal ribs b, andthe heads B2 B4 of the cylinder are also provided With radial ribs b2.' The head at the end opposite the chamber B3 is provided With a filling-opening b', through which the clothes are inserted and removed, and this opening is provided with a suitable door by which it may be closed and made substantially Water-tight. The head B4 is also provided with a knob or handle b3, by means of which the cylinder may be turned.

Upon the inner periphery of the cylinder, Within the chamber B3, is placed an internaltoothed spur gear (l. Mounted upon the shaft D Within the said chamber is an arm D', which at its outer end carries a spur-gear C, meshing with the gear C, and iixed to the end of the sleeve E is a spur-gear C2, which meshes with the gear C.

It is evident from the proportion of the parts that if the cylinder B be turned upon its axis the sleeve E will be rotated more rapidly than the cylinder and in an opposite direction.

The sleeve E is pro vided With two longitudinal ianges F, located opposite each other and to which are attached beaters consisting ot' bars G, which are fixed upon chains g, which in turn are attached to the iianges F by means chains g are free. The bars may be strung upon any flexible eonnec'tor as well as upon a chain.

As the sleeve E rotates the beaters G will be revolved and thrown outward by centrifugal force, striking against the clothes which are held againstthe inner periphery of the l cylinder B. As a consequence the clothes will receive a rapid pounding land rubbing, i which will quickly cleanse thein of all dirt.

When the machine is being filled with clothes or water, the cylinder B is swung down 1,

to a horizontal position. After being filled it is swung to the upper position, (shown by E full lines in Fig. 1,) in which the axis of the cylinder is horizontal. The cylinder is then rotated upon this axis, which operati-on rap idly cleanses the clothes.

The construction shown in Figs; 2, 3, 4,- and 5 is vone in which the device is intended to be rotated in one direction only, while Figs. 6 and 7 show a modification of thesieeve E and the attachment of the beaters thereto, which adapt it to be rotated in either direction. i This 'construction is exactly the same as that l heretofore described, except that the longii' tudinal flanges F have been reino'i'fedy from the sleeve E and the beaters G attached di- J rectly to the said sleeve.

lt is of Icourse to be understood that in 5 Figs. l, 5, 6, and 7 the beaters are not shown in full length, but have been curtailed. They are :shown in full length in Fig. 2. i i

Having thus fully described inyinventi'on, I 'cl-aim as new and ldesire to secure by Letters Patent#- 1. In a washin gemachine, a framework having uprights or posts, a normally vertical seei tion formed of two cross-bars and 'acentr'al g bar connecting said cross-bars, said @section i having one of said bars pivotally mounted between said posts, whereby it may be swung down to a horizontal position, legs pivotally attached to said section and by which it may be supported in such horizontal position, said legs folding up against said posts or uprights when the said section is vertically placed, a shaft attached to said central bar and run out at right angles thereto, and a clothesholding washing-chamber mounted to rotate upon said shaft, as and for the purpose set forth.A Y v -2. A washing-machine, comprising a cylinder divided into two water-tight sections, one of which forms the washing-chamber and is provided with lribs upon its inner periphery and ribs upon vits heads and radiating from the `center thereof, .2t-shaft' upon which said cylinder is mounted to revolve, 'said shaft being capable of being swung to both a horizontal and a vertical position, and gearing in the other section, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A 'washing-machine, fc'oniprising a cylinder divided between its heads into two watertight sections, one of which forms the washing-chamber, la shaft upon which said cylinder is mounted to revolve, sleeve surroundl, ing 'said shaft and providedwit-h flexible beaters, la handle attached to the outer head of said cylinder, and gearing in the other section of said cylinder and by which the sleeve is rotated in an opposite direction from said 'cylinder when the latter is lturned by means y of said handle, as 4and for the purpose set f lf'or'th.

l FRED R. C. PITZLER. Witnesses:

A. SoHMiD,

vCelis. SCHWARZKOPF. 

